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Meatplow
05-01-2008, 04:24 AM
I need to burn my download cap for the end of the month.

my top 25 from the Top 100 movies thread to give you a sample of the films i've seen (and the kind I like most) -

1. Taxi Driver
2. Midnight Cowboy
3. Pink Flamingos
4. Jan Svankmejer's Alice
5. The Graduate
6. El Topo
7. Belle de jour
8. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
9. Trainspotting
10. Mulholland Drive
11. Once Were Warriors
12. Videodrome
13. Mysterious Skin
14. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
15. Fritz The Cat
16. Altered States
17. A Clockwork Orange
18. Little Fish
19. Bad Boy Bubby
20. Stroszek
21. The Boys
22. Fitzcarraldo
23. The Piano Teacher
24. Eraserhead
25. The Holy Mountain

Go. :smoke:

Pop music sucks
05-01-2008, 06:08 AM
Twilight Samurai
Zodiac
Cure
Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society
Samurai Fiction

I dunno about Samurai Fiction being mind-blowing...It's more of a comedy rather...and Cure is just a mindfark.

Meatplow
05-01-2008, 06:15 AM
Twilight Samurai
Zodiac
Cure
Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society
Samurai Fiction

I dunno about Samurai Fiction being mind-blowing...It's more of a comedy rather...and Cure is just a mindfark.

Have you seen Mind Game out of curiosity? If not I think that would be up your alley.

Pop music sucks
05-01-2008, 06:22 AM
Ooooooooooh

I looked up the synopsis of the movie, sounds extremely intriguing.

But there's no big rental store in this town, and I don't want to get Netflix:(

Meatplow
05-01-2008, 06:26 AM
That movies probably the biggest bombardment of constant wtf i've ever come across. Superb animation as well, you should see it if you get the oppurtunity.

DBlitz
05-01-2008, 07:48 AM
I second Zodiac

Txus
05-01-2008, 07:53 AM
I see you're a big Jodorowsky fan, nice.

I would recommend:
Ichi the Killer
Oldboy
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Santa Sangre (Very underrated Jodorowsky movie)
Deliverance

Joe
05-01-2008, 10:48 AM
Requiem for a Dream
City of God
Blue Velvet

i don't know, those are good ones

Meatplow
05-01-2008, 04:26 PM
I see you're a big Jodorowsky fan, nice.

I would recommend:
Ichi the Killer
Oldboy
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Santa Sangre (Very underrated Jodorowsky movie)
Deliverance

Requiem for a Dream
City of God
Blue Velvet

i don't know, those are good ones

I've seen all of these minus Santa Sangre, which I have but never got around to watching. :)

I may have to try this Zodiac upon recommendation.

planewreck
05-01-2008, 04:35 PM
me and you and everyone we know
persepolis

and idk anything else in this thread

static
05-01-2008, 04:39 PM
adaptation
american graffiti

Meatplow
05-01-2008, 04:39 PM
haven't gotten around to seeing me and you yet i'll rectify that, thanks

nor adaption :)

silicon71
05-01-2008, 04:40 PM
Did you really enjoy Salo?

Meatplow
05-01-2008, 04:42 PM
that films not about enjoyment

static
05-01-2008, 04:47 PM
haven't gotten around to seeing me and you yet i'll rectify that, thanks

nor adaption :)

do ittt


actually


see both


now

Kage
05-01-2008, 05:18 PM
Coppola's The Conversation
Tarkovsky's Zerkalo (Mirror)
Greenaway's The Cook the Thief his Wife and Her Lover
Godard's Week End
von Trier's The Element of Crime
Cassavettes' Faces

Great list, btw.

Danger Bird
05-01-2008, 06:06 PM
If you haven't seen Svankmajer's Faust get that immediately.

Txus
05-01-2008, 06:58 PM
Did you really enjoy Salo?

ONe of my favorite movies of all time tbqh

Txus
05-01-2008, 06:59 PM
Coppola's The Conversation
Tarkovsky's Zerkalo (Mirror)
Godard's Week End
Cassavettes' Faces

Great list, btw.

Excellent movies.

A Dead Modernist
05-01-2008, 07:09 PM
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Noi the Albino (2003)
The New World (2005)
Paris, Texas (1984)
3-Iron (2004)

simplephotographinthesun
05-01-2008, 09:39 PM
twelve monkeys?

jrowa001
05-01-2008, 10:31 PM
The Fountain
The Nines (not mind-blowing, but a good movie that leaves you with a lot of interpretation)

FlyingPaul_83
05-01-2008, 10:36 PM
Memento?

Txus
05-01-2008, 10:52 PM
even my dog has seen memento

Kage
05-01-2008, 11:02 PM
even my dog has seen memento

:lol:


Amen.

Danger Bird
05-01-2008, 11:38 PM
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
:thumb:

RunAmokRampant
05-02-2008, 01:21 AM
Repo Man?

Strange but pretty cool. Might like it Haz

RetiredAt21
05-02-2008, 07:26 AM
I see you're a big Jodorowsky fan, nice.

I would recommend:
Ichi the Killer
Oldboy
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Santa Sangre (Very underrated Jodorowsky movie)
Deliverance

Amazing movie.

Vokills
05-02-2008, 07:46 AM
A Clockwork Orange (of course)
Elephant (intense with different stlye of directing)
The Machinist
Half Nelson

someone mentioned the movie "the pink flamingoes" and wow, all ive heard about that movie is incest,fecies,rape,murder,gore,incest,fecies,vomit , and incest

it might be good though idk i want to see it
and OH
our drama teacher made us watch a movie called "Facing the Giants" it is so hilariously bad that i reccomend it to anyone that enjoys terrible,terrible acting followed with horrid writing and piss poor production
=]

Cesar21
05-02-2008, 11:38 AM
Blood Diamond

class
05-02-2008, 11:51 AM
AmoresPerros

Tillius
05-02-2008, 11:57 AM
Svankmajer's Faust
25th Hour
Svankmajer's Lunacy(anything by Svankmajer really)
No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas(Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going)

Der Übermensch
05-02-2008, 01:02 PM
Sunshine
The Conformist
Tampopo
If you have seen 'Bicycle Thieves' then see 'The Icicle Thief'
The Decameron (Same guy who did Salo, but much happier)

The_Mop
05-02-2008, 01:04 PM
Blood Diamond

I never saw all of this, but what I saw was mint.

Err, American History X is a pretty amazing film. Dunno if it constitues mindblowing but it's certainatly good. I dunno if it was marketed more in america, but I've hardly ever heard anyone mention it around here, so I kinda get the imrpession it's not too well known.

Kage
05-02-2008, 01:18 PM
Err, American History X is a pretty amazing film. Dunno if it constitues mindblowing but it's certainatly good. I dunno if it was marketed more in america, but I've hardly ever heard anyone mention it around here, so I kinda get the imrpession it's not too well known.
That's a joke, right?

talk show host
05-02-2008, 01:18 PM
The Tenant
Dead Man's Shoes
Spoorloos
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
A Room For Romeo Brass

Not sure they're all that mind blowing but brilliant regardless.

Joe
05-02-2008, 01:26 PM
That's a joke, right?

I don't know, it isn't marketed anywhere over here on the East Coast...

I've heard of it, but I don't know anything about it. I still need to see it.

But yea Blood Diamond and 25th Hour are good.

Kage
05-02-2008, 01:29 PM
American History X is one of the most well-known movies there is.

RunAmokRampant
05-02-2008, 05:37 PM
It's probably Edward Norton's most famous role.

The_Mop
05-02-2008, 06:59 PM
American History X is one of the most well-known movies there is.

Dude, I'm from the UK. What I said was that it didn't seem to be particularly well marketed around here....

I thought Edward Norton's most famous role was in Fight Club..

DaveSavesTheDay
05-02-2008, 09:48 PM
I enjoyed everything on your list, so maybe we have similar taste.

Try Banlieu 13 (District 13)

EightMilesHigh
05-02-2008, 10:56 PM
Anything with Steve McQueen

Meatplow
05-03-2008, 06:06 AM
someone mentioned the movie "the pink flamingoes" and wow, all ive heard about that movie is incest,fecies,rape,murder,gore,incest,fecies,vomit , and incest

oh man, so true :lol:

its all done in good fun though. watch it, I insist :p just leave any intolerance for bad taste at the door and you will have one of the most fun experiences of your life.

Thanks for the recs people I will spread rep where I can.

jarhead12343
05-03-2008, 10:51 AM
Forrest Gump.

Danger Bird
05-03-2008, 12:28 PM
Bande a Part

simplephotographinthesun
05-03-2008, 01:42 PM
dark city

VomitStainedCretin
05-04-2008, 05:23 PM
12 Monkeys
Repo Man
Dead Man's Shoes
Noi Albinoi
Paris, Texas

Endorse these previously mentioned and also:
Taxidermia
Sympathy For Mr Vengeance
Man Bites Dog

A Dead Modernist
05-04-2008, 06:12 PM
Yeah, Dead Man's Shoes is great.

Aaron
05-04-2008, 06:17 PM
Revenge of The Nerds
The Breakfast Club
Weekend at Bernie's
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
and.... Peter Jackson's Badtaste

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/

Time
05-04-2008, 07:24 PM
Being John Malkovich
12 Angry Men
Children of Men

Akira
05-04-2008, 07:37 PM
Haha, Repo Man. That movie is horrible in the most amazing sense of the word.

Cesar21
05-05-2008, 07:14 AM
Life is Beautiful

EightMilesHigh
05-05-2008, 08:28 PM
Haha, Repo Man. That movie is horrible in the most amazing sense of the word.

Omg Repo Man <3 I love that movie.

thedeadwalk!
05-06-2008, 12:37 AM
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Bad Lieutenant (has the most uncomfortable scene ever, and it's not the nun getting raped)
The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen
Cool Hand Luke
Happiness
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Adaptation
Battlefield Baseball
Freaks
Kung Fu Hustle
Time Bandits

Txus
05-06-2008, 01:16 PM
Freaks and Happiness FTW

Eliminator
05-06-2008, 02:17 PM
tommy boy
black sheep
beverly hills ninja
almost heroes

iliketoplaydrums10111
05-06-2008, 02:20 PM
Crossroads
Gigli


good movies :thumb:

Eliminator
05-06-2008, 02:23 PM
um chris farley isn't in those how can they possibly be quality films

Txus
05-06-2008, 02:27 PM
tommy boy
black sheep
beverly hills ninja
almost heroes

:lol: \m/

Eliminator
05-06-2008, 03:01 PM
The blackness of my belt is like the inside of a coffin on a moonless night.

Oriah
05-06-2008, 03:18 PM
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

VomitStainedCretin
05-06-2008, 07:27 PM
The blackness of my belt is like the inside of a coffin on a moonless night. How incredibly philosophical...

And I reiterate, Man Bites Dog is hilarious - the premise is by the way is an amateur film making team following the everyday life of a serial killer.

JerrySanders
05-08-2008, 05:23 PM
Tron

charlesfishowitz
05-18-2008, 03:27 AM
kindergarten cop


...or memento.

Der Übermensch
05-19-2008, 02:44 PM
The American Astronaut

EightMilesHigh
05-19-2008, 06:54 PM
Bad Lieutenant (has the most uncomfortable scene ever, and it's not the nun getting raped)

I realize what Abel Ferrara and Harvey Keitel were trying to do with this film, but I really hated it. I rented it without knowing much about it (just that I liked Harvey Keitel's work with Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino) and ended up watching it with my dad. Horrific. It's not a case of "I didn't like it, but it was still a good film," I felt sick afterwards, down to my gut.

The nun getting raped, and the drug use, and the scene where he pulls the girls over, nothing good came out of this movie. I know that they were trying to make this movie about this cop on the edge, and it was supposed to be about redemption and forgiveness, but there was nothing redeeming about this film to me. And whenever I watch Taxi Driver and see the way Sport (Harvey Keitel) acts to Travis (Robert DeNiro) and Iris (Jodie Foster) I think of this film.

I mean, that's just one man's opinion. But I just really, really, really hated that movie.

Hababi
05-19-2008, 06:57 PM
The Dead Girl
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Into the Wild
Crimes and Misdimeaners
Match Point

thedeadwalk!
05-20-2008, 12:53 PM
I realize what Abel Ferrara and Harvey Keitel were trying to do with this film, but I really hated it. I rented it without knowing much about it (just that I liked Harvey Keitel's work with Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino) and ended up watching it with my dad. Horrific. It's not a case of "I didn't like it, but it was still a good film," I felt sick afterwards, down to my gut.

The nun getting raped, and the drug use, and the scene where he pulls the girls over, nothing good came out of this movie. I know that they were trying to make this movie about this cop on the edge, and it was supposed to be about redemption and forgiveness, but there was nothing redeeming about this film to me. And whenever I watch Taxi Driver and see the way Sport (Harvey Keitel) acts to Travis (Robert DeNiro) and Iris (Jodie Foster) I think of this film.

I mean, that's just one man's opinion. But I just really, really, really hated that movie.
I wouldn't say I hated it, but I certainly didn't enjoy it either. But, I'm not above recommending movies I don't like.